How Banks and Processors Can make EIPP Services Appealing to Corporate Customers
Banks and payment processors are becoming more interested in electronic invoice presentment and payment (EIPP) as a source of new revenue. This Gartner research note recommends that banks and payment...
View ArticleKey Issues for Enterprise Contract Management and Procurement Applications, 2009
This Gartner research document outlines my planned research for now through March 2010. Procurement technology 2009 research will focus on the important issues of cost cutting, the competitive...
View ArticleVendor Vulnerability 101: Assessing Financial Performance
The down economy and the tightness of capital markets of 2009 will lead to significantly higher levels of vendor bankruptcy, instability and closure. Figure out whether your vendor is a dominator,...
View ArticleVendor Guide: Master Data Management, 2009
This Gartner vendor guide (subscription or purchase required) describes and categorizes the plethora of vendors that offer MDM related solutions. This year’s report has been expanded with profiles of...
View ArticleHype Cycle for Procurement Applications, 2009
Procurement spans a rich and diverse range of activities. The variety of tools available to enable procurement activities and expanding and maturing at a heightened rate this year, due to the...
View ArticleAnswering Ariba’s 9r1 Upgrade Call
You can pretty much assume that when I haven’t blogged for a while – something is up. That has certainly been the case over the last month, as I have been buried with calls from Ariba customers of...
View ArticleQ&A: The Top 21 Questions for Evaluating and Implementing E-Procurement
This new research (subscription required) answers the most common e-procurement-related questions that end users are asking Gartner. Sample questions include how to maximize the ROI for e-procurement,...
View ArticleGartner E-Procurement Vendor Ratings
Critical Capabilities for Best of Breed E-Procurement Vendors Critical Capabilities for ERP-Based E-Procurement Solutions This pair of documents (subscription required) rates e-procurement vendors...
View ArticleTop Procurement Processes and Thoughts on How to Measure Them
This pair of notes (subscription required) Develop KPIs for Procurement Processes Top Procurement Processes describes the top procurement processes – spending analysis, purchasing, strategic sourcing,...
View ArticleEvaluating Your IT Vendor’s Financial Performance
Understanding Gartner’s Finanical Ratings of IT Vendors (subscription required) details how Gartner baselines vendor’s financial performance . Nope its not procurement, but yep its an updated version...
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